Substance Use Policy

Rationale

Flex

AtAcademy endeavors to see all members of its community as healthy as possible, physically, psychologically and spiritually.  Flex Academy,Academy werecognizes encouragethat the use of certain substances is a detrimental lifestyle choice for students, employees, and visitors. Therefore, students and staff are not permitted to makepossess or consume any prohibited substances while attending Flex events. This includes but is not limited to substances such as energy drinks, alcohol,  tobacco, vaporizing products, cannabis, and drugs.

Definitions

• “Staff” refers to employees and contractors of the healthiestschool choicesor possible.authorized volunteers

  Energy

Drinks

• Due“Flex toevents” theinclude healthany risksfunction, involved,assembly, meeting or gathering of Flex students for school purposes.

• “energy drinks”  is any beverage that provides an additional energy drinkssource containing a high percentage of sugar, caffeine or other stimulants (e.g.,eg. Red Bull, Rock Star, Monster, etc.)

• “alcohol” is any beverage containing alcohol, including beer, wine, cider and spirits

• “drugs” as defined in the Controlled Drugs & Substances Act are not“substances, allowedthe atpossession of which is prohibited under the Controlled Drugs & Substances Act, or anything which contains such a drug or substance or any time.

  drug

  Tobaccoor substance designated a restricted drug under the Food and Cannabis

  Drug

  NoAct unless the person ispossessing permittedor consuming the restricted drug was authorized under that Act to smoke, use, or hold any tobacco or cannabis product at any time, including when participating in or attending school-sponsored events and field trips whether on or offpossess the drug.”

Tobacco & Cannabis Use Prohibition

The school campus or while in or on any building or land that is owned, leased or rented by the school. Flex Academy acknowledges its legal obligations to act in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Tobacco &and Vapour ControlsProducts ActControl Act,. Thisas prohibitionwell alsoas appliesregulations toforbidding anythe vehiclesuse of cannabis on school property.property in British Columbia. Lastly, Flex Academy accepts the responsibility inherent in education of providing positive role models and demonstrating best practices and will promote a healthy learning and working environment.

1. No person is permitted to smoke, use, or hold any tobacco, cannabis-related or vapour product, at any Flex events, in or on any building or land owned, leased or rented by the school.

2. No school student is permitted to smoke, vape, or otherwise useuse, or hold any tobaccotobacco, cannabis or cannabisvapour productproducts at any school-sponsoredFlex orevents.

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events, even if the events are held off school property.

3. All persons who are not school students will be requestedasked not to smoke, vape, use,smoke or holduse any tobaccotobacco, cannabis-related or cannabisvapour productsproducts, in the presence of school students at school-sponsoredFlex orevents.

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Enforcement

held on or off school property.

1. Students engaging in prohibited behaviour will be subject to the stipulations of the student discipline policy.

2. School employees engaging in prohibited behaviour will be subject to the stipulations of the employment agreement regarding employee code of conduct violationsviolations.

3. All other persons will be asked to cease their use of the substance and leave the HCOSschool Workplace Impairment Policy.event.

   Mitigating

Risks

Education

1. Flex Academy will:

   will
   • Includeinclude education about the harmful effects of tobacco and cannabissubstance use at appropriate grade levels in its educational programs.program.

   • Communicate

     Provide information regarding substance abuse and additional resources for prevention and intervention measures upon request.

   • Flex Academy will communicate that it is a tobacco-substance-free and cannabis-free organizationinstitution through its usual communication modes to students, parents, employees, and visitors.

   • Post signs at appropriate places in its facilities and on its grounds providing notification that the school is a tobacco and cannabis-free organization.